Egg cleaning tool



July 30, 1935. E. E. POWELL 2,009,704

EGG CLEANING TOOL Filed April 7, 1934 '"lllllllllllffll'llll/ I NCuQ3mm/wm EZ/SEPoa/ei/ @www Patented July 30, 1935 7 Y UNITED STATESPA'I'E.NTY OFFICE i V- j 2,009,704

EGG CLEANING 'rooL Ellis E.Y Powell, seattle, Wash. l Application. April7, 1934, `serial Nonna-51s claims (o1. 51-187) i Y My invention relatesto a tool which, while base tis substantially rectangulanand aboutitcapable of a variety of uses, is particularly de- Vextendsan endlessander belt 4, curving ySmooth: signed as a hand tool for cleaning eggs.ly over the rounded ends ofthe base. This may be v Machines for therapid and large Vscale cleaning of sandpaper, emery cloth, or anylikematerial, cf eggs are known, but frequently eggs are enand is madeofja size which will snugly fit about 5 countered which have only spotsof slight extent the base i and the pad 2. The pad can be comon them,and rather than clean the entire surpressed toiacilitate placing a newbelt in place. face of such an egg in the egg cleaning machine At theupper face of the base I, that is the face itis preferable that the handtool be employed, opposite the pad 2, I secure a cover plate 5 tothe Y10 by means of which thedirty spots may be quickly base. Preferably thisis of such material or so 10 removed, and the capacity of the machine isremounted that itis yieldable towards and from the served for the eggswhich are more generally base, and this is conveniently accomplished bydirty.Vv forming the coverfofa thin strip of wood. `It

The object of my invention, therefore, is to should'be spaced somewhatfrom the upper face l5 provide a tool for such uses which is simple andof the base, to receive the upper run of the 15 cheap to manufacture,convenient to use, and sander belt between them, and hence may besewhich is economical of the sandpaper or cloth cured by nails E to araised flange l extending which is used as the abrasive surface, and inalong one edge of this face of the base. Being particular which permitsadjustment of the yieldingly mounted, or being sufciently flexible insander belt employed to different positions, to itself, it will becompressed by the fingers of a 20 accomplish wear throughout its entireextent hand which grasp the opposite edges of the base, until it is usedup and may be thrown away. in the manner indicated in Figure 1, and thuswill It is alsc an object to provide a tool of the grip the belt 4between itself and the base. Thus general character indicated, whereinthe hands gripping the belt, it will prevent the belt from and ngers ofthe user are protected from contact turning about the base as the toolis stroked back with the sanderbelt, and by reason of the peculiar andforth over an egg, notwithstanding the fact construction of which theusers ngers when that compression of the pad 2 might render the normallygrasping the tool will normally and natbelt sufficiently loose thatotherwise it would urally effect a gripping action to prevent slippagetend to slip.

of the sander belt. To assist in grasping the tool, and to bring the 30My invention comprises the improved tool, and ngers naturally into sucha position that they the peculiar relative arrangement of the parts willtend to compress the plate 5, I may provide thereof, as shown in theaccompanying drawgrooves 8 extending along the edges of the base ing,described in this specification, and as will (see Figure 3). The cornersare somewhat be more particularly defined in the appended beveled, sothat no part of the wooden base pro- 35 Claims. jects beyond the sanderbelt where it might In the accompanying drawing I have shown my strikethe egg. invention embodied in a form of construction It may beconsidered that the fingers would which is at present that mostpreferred by me. naturally engage and hold such a belt from slip- Figurel is a perspective view of the tool, illusping, but persons who handleeggs must vhave 40 trating the manner of its use. extremely sensitivengers to avoid breaking or Figure 2 is a longitudinal section throughthe dropping the eggs, and this sensitivity, it has tool on the line 2 2of Figure 3, and Figure 3 is a been found, is destroyed if the fingersfrequently transverse section through the tool on the line come incontact with a roughened surface such 3-3 0f Figure 2. as that whichdistinguishes the belt 4. Accord- 45 The base l of the tool may beformed from a ingly it is essential that the upper run of the belt blockof wood, which is cheap and can be cheapbe covered, and the cover platehas the further ly and conveniently worked. Its ends should be functionof holding the belt against slippage.

rounded, as seen best in Figure 2, and its under When the belt hasbecome worn at one point it face may, if desired, be grooved for thereception may be engaged near the end of the base and of a softcompressible pad, such as is indicated rotated about the base to bring afreshportion at 2, the grooves being specifically for the recepintoposition beneath the pad 2. To rfacilitate tion of the hide portion 3 ofthe pad, which may this operation I prefer that the plate 5 stop shortcomprise a strip of wool, hide and all. This pad. of the ends of thebase l, so that the exposed maybe g1ued in place, or might be leftlocse.The portion 0f the belt at each end may be grasped vbetween the thumband index finger of the user,

to be thus rotated about the base and pad.

If the sandpaper were merely extended over the pad and stapled at itsends to the base, the portions thereof which extend over the end, andthe portions near the end 0f the pad would not be available for use, andwhile it might be replaced when worn out or dirtied by the breaking ofan egg, experience with this type of tool has shown that about one-halfof the sandpaper is wasted. In one year the expense for sandpaper in asinglepacking plant was $336, and of this one-half was wasted, hence bymaking it possible to utilize the entire sanded surface, yet withvsuitable provision t0 protect the workers 'hands from contact with thesanded surface, the cost of sandpaper can be cut in half.

The device can be cheaply built, is convenien to use, and the entiresander belt may be used up before it is necessary to remove it andreplace it with a new one, which is donev by slipping it off the base bymovement transversely of the base. The manner of its use is clearlyillustrated in Figure 1, the tool, held in one hand, being stroked overan egg held in the other hand.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An egg cleaning tool comprising a wood block constituting a base, ofa size and shape to be conveniently grasped by the fingers of a usershand, a thin wooden plate secured along one edge to the base, andextending across one face of the' base,rslightly spaced therefrom, asoft pad secured to the opposite face of the base, and an endless sanderbelt extending around the pad and base, and between the base and theplate, whereby upon engagement of the latter by a hand grasping the toolthe plate will grip the belt between itself and the base.

2. An egg cleaning tool comprising a base of a size and. shape to beconveniently grasped by the ngers at opposite edges, an ,endless sanderbelt extending endwise about such base, t0 leave the finger-engagededges exposed, and normally unrestrained against movement under thenuence of friction as the belt is moved over the surface of an egg, anda plate unobstructed over its upper surface, and extending over theupper run of the belt, said plate being yieldingly supported from thebase and normally spaced suiiiciently from the base to exercise norestraint upon the belt, in position to be engaged by the hand whichgrasps the base, and to be thereby pressed against the belt and to gripthe belt to restrain it from movement.

f 3.v An egg cleaning tool comprising a base, an endless sander beltextending about such base, and normally free to turn thereabout, and aplate of flexible material secured along one edge of the base, andspaced sufficiently from the base to exercise no restraint, whenunflexed, on the belt, but overlying the belt at one side of the base,,to engage and grip the belt when iiexed.

4. The combination of claim 3, the plate terminating short of any end ofthe base, whereby the belt maybe engaged by the fingers to advance itabout the base.

ELLIS E. POWELL.

